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Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Ok, first of all, there's no need for anyone to go off the deep end.
Even though I was wrong, all I said was "I believe what you heard was someone talking rubbish". That does not reflect in any way on Jo1973, as you can't do anything wrong just by listening. So please take a chill pill. Thank you for those who corrected me (and no doubt enjoyed doing so :p). This is another occurence of beurocracy gone mad, why there is any advantage to destroying :ohmy: one's previous foreign driving license is beyond comprehension. Yet another ridiculous factoid to be aware of on my journey. No DMV will be getting their mitts on my UK license. End of. Has anyone taking an OH test been asked to relinquish their UK license? |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Bloody 'ell, I've got 3 driving licenses. UK, Virginia and Pennsylvania. I even used my VA license as a form of ID at the DMV in PA and they never asked for it.
The last license I got in UK, when I changed address and got a photo ID one, expires in 2010. I was looking at it the other day for some reason and noticed the date. I forgot they added expiry dates to them. |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by exvj
(Post 6071506)
I have a UK driver's licence and a US driver's license. I am 60 years old and my registered UK house address is being sold in 2 weeks.
I thought I would do an address change and put my daughter's UK address but the form says its illegal to 'get' a licence if I am not resident.. It is the same form for applying for a licence or changing address Would I be right in thinking that 'getting' a license is different to an address change so I could just change the address ? I don't expect any correspondence from DVLA until I am 70 and have to renew. If I ever return to the uk to reside, I dont want to have to do a new driving test I bet nearly all ex-pats have keep their UK licence any thoughts please ? |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by dh010447
(Post 6080975)
Georgia DDS requires you to relinquish your foreign drivers license.
I got a duplicate before I moved though and gave them the old one :) Dont forget all your UK licence is valid till your 70 so I can see no problems here at all getting a replacement. ILM:thumbsup: |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by pejpm1
(Post 6078741)
I dont really get this.....when I move to NYC in 2 weeks time on my L1B..would I be able to drive a car using my UK license? If so, can I do this indefinitely?
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Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by ILM
(Post 6080963)
When you move to New York state as I did, you can drive I believe for a year on your UK licence, I know Brits here that are not resident and have been here a number of years through work and they dont have a NY licence.
however once you become a resident of NYS you must have a NYS licence, see post above re the rules on this. Like I said before they never took my UK licence off me when I took my test. ILM |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by dh010447
(Post 6081009)
I didn't bother changing my address with DVLA - if they can not put a non-uk address on the license, then thats their problem. Just keep your UK license as is. When I go back to the UK I drive on my US license. Also helps with speeding tickets (not that I have any). They may not try and track you down for the fine and they cant put points on your US license.
ILM |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by ILM
(Post 6081017)
I still have my old paper licence too, and if I was asked to surrender the licence at any time which is now very unlikely, I have noted the number and I would use my dads address in the UK as my address toi get a new one at any time.
Dont forget all your UK licence is valid till your 70 so I can see no problems here at all getting a replacement. ILM:thumbsup: |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 6081029)
How can they live in NY for years and not be residents...unless of course they're illegals?
so they have no need to become residents, it wont help them, it would only complicate their stay here such as the licence for a start. sorry cant at this stage be any clearer ILM:blink: |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by ILM
(Post 6080963)
When you move to New York state as I did, you can drive I believe for a year on your UK licence, I know Brits here that are not resident and have been here a number of years through work and they dont have a NY licence. however once you become a resident of NYS you must have a NYS licence, see post above re the rules on this.
As far as NYS is concerned for licenses, a "resident" is anyone who "with the intent to make NYS a "fixed and permanent" place to live. To live in a house, a home, an apartment, a room or other similar place in NYS for 90 days is considered "presumptive evidence" that you are a resident of NYS": http://www.nysdmv.com/resident.htm Being an NYS resident is not the same as being a Permanent Resident of the United States (with caps i.e. green card holder) and is not determined by your immigration status. Otherwise, that would mean that illegal immigrants couldn't be ticketed for not having an NYS drivers license! However, having said all that, IANAL, and wonder if (in a very tight spot) you could claim that the fact that you were admitted on a non-immigrant visa and had an intention to eventually return could be proof that NYS was not your permanent place to live. It all depends on whether you can dispute "presumptive evidence", I suppose. IMO, considering how cheap and easy it is to get an NYS license, the risk of tickets and (even worse) an insurance company trying to weasel their way out of a claim seems like an unnecessary risk to take. |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by ILM
(Post 6081079)
I know they are NOT illegals, they both are bosses of a local company in the area, I can ask them about their visa's for you at another time, but I do know the company renews thier visa's every so often , Once again a bit vague till I see them but I think its every 3 years but not sure.
so they have no need to become residents, it wont help them, it would only complicate their stay here such as the licence for a start. sorry cant at this stage be any clearer ILM:blink: The problem with being a state resident and driving without a state license arises if you are stopped by the cops or are involved in an accident. |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by BritishGuy36
(Post 6076229)
I believe what you have heard is people talking rubbish.
Any US DMV wouldn't care about a foreign license. There's no reason whatsoever why they would take your UK one off you. |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Is there any point using your UK licence in the UK? If you had a problem it would become clear you didn't live at the address on it.
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Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by lapin_windstar
(Post 6081107)
You have 30 days from arriving in NYS to obtain an NYS drivers license; after that time, you can't drive in NYS on the basis of a license obtained somewhere else.
As far as NYS is concerned for licenses, a "resident" is anyone who "with the intent to make NYS a "fixed and permanent" place to live. To live in a house, a home, an apartment, a room or other similar place in NYS for 90 days is considered "presumptive evidence" that you are a resident of NYS": http://www.nysdmv.com/resident.htm Being an NYS resident is not the same as being a Permanent Resident of the United States (with caps i.e. green card holder) and is not determined by your immigration status. Otherwise, that would mean that illegal immigrants couldn't be ticketed for not having an NYS drivers license! However, having said all that, IANAL, and wonder if (in a very tight spot) you could claim that the fact that you were admitted on a non-immigrant visa and had an intention to eventually return could be proof that NYS was not your permanent place to live. It all depends on whether you can dispute "presumptive evidence", I suppose. IMO, considering how cheap and easy it is to get an NYS license, the risk of tickets and (even worse) an insurance company trying to weasel their way out of a claim seems like an unnecessary risk to take. I came to NYS in nov 2006 on a K3, I lived in an appartment for 4 months waiting for my green card premanent residency, which I got in march 2007 I could do NOTHING until I got that card once I had the card I then had to get a social securty number, The DMV would not entertain me until I had this, once I had the SS card I took the written test. then the 5 hour course , then the test itself which was in August it took that long. I even turned up in my own car on my own for the test on the strengh of my UK licence, the examiner asked who was with me I said no one I dont need anyone I have a licence & produced it, we proceeded with the test without question or issue, and after the test wa over I offered the UK licence and he refused it & left me with a pass , that was it. ILM |
Re: uk driver's licence - how to keep ?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
(Post 6081131)
If they have visas they are residents...not permanent residents but residents none the less.
The problem with being a state resident and driving without a state license arises if you are stopped by the cops or are involved in an accident. |
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